Gillaspie had no business throwing the ball on that play. Take the 2 steps, tag third, get the force and go into the dugout. Sickening defense.

Yeah, he had an easy play right in front of him and refused to take it for some reason. Even though it was a bad decision to make a throw, it was still a routine throw that should have been executed for the third out. He screwed the pooch.

The ball Kemp hit earlier should have been an easy DP too. Quintana had to get six outs in that inning.

A ridiculously dumb defensive performance. Beckham can't be bothered to bend or get in front of a ball and Gillaspie pulls a Little League boner to screw Quintana, who was smartly outpitching Kershaw and deserved to win the game.

If anyone has been paying attention, this team is just about as dumb as last year's team. Abreu's hitting has covered up a lot of that. I'm sick of watching the idiocy of Ventura's teams. The White Sox were never this stupid, even under Bevington and Manuel.

In order to avoid being furious, I've convinced myself that we don't actually know this. In a 2-0 game, we might use our bullpen differently, and they get a chance in the 9th, and who knows what would have happened? I mean, yes, that game was bull****, we all know that, but I bet we would have blown the save anyway. We'll never know.

So check another one off the box that has not improved with this coaching staff.

I think this is more about roster construction than the coaching staff- one of the reasons I see Gillaspie as a "super sub" (LH option at 3rd/1B/DH) is his limitations on defense-

Hahn has prioritized offense in his acquisitions- with only Eaton bringing plus-defense.

Alot of people are advocating "selling high" and trading Ramirez and Beckham for prospects- with Sanchez as the only prospect who brings a decent glove (vs. Semian, Johnson, Davidson)- it will get worse before it gets better.

This version is better than the 2013 version, but they're still not good.

They aren't good but they aren't bad either. They are right in the middle. I have a feeling the Sox are going to be playing this "tease" baseball with us all season. They are going to win 3 or 4 in a row and look like world beaters and then drop 2 or 3 in a row and bring us all back to reality. The proof is in the stats. The Sox have been at .500 mark 17 times this season if I remember correctly.

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Gillaspies metal mistake was big but his bad throw could have been scooped by a good 1st baseman. Beckham not bending down was big also. Beckham is overrated as a good defensive 2nd baseman in my eyes, his range is limited and is not quick, his arm sometimes makes up for these shortcomings. This could have been a big win against one of the best pitchers in baseball.